Press Clippings

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5 Higher Ed Trends to Watch in 2016http://www.educationdive.com/news/5-higher-ed-trends-to-watch-in-2016/411362/ The author highlights five trends that emerged in 2015, but will ultimately come to fruition within the next year, including: predictive analytics integrated throughout all administrative processes, a shift to competency based learning models, an increase of institutional mergers, accreditation reform, and competition from alternative programs.- deborah.cookeJul 30, 2016 Competency based programs really gaining ground - helgaJul 31, 2016 There's also movement around new forms of institution in the UK, mostly driven by government policy rather than market demand as far as I can see. Predictive analytics does appear to be entering the mainstream but the test for me is whether it adds enough value to stay there. - dkernohanAug 11, 2016- niki.whitesideOct 5, 2016

Establishment Goes Alternativehttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/14/group-seven-major-universities-seeks-offer-online-microcredentials Seven universities team up to develop an online platform that leverages micro-learning technologies, such as digital badges and microcredentials, to create alternatives to traditional credential methods in education.- deborah.cookeJul 30, 2016- helgaJul 31, 2016 very interesting, especially the cross-institutional aspect. Here in Hamburg, the six state universities/higher ed institutions are working together to create "Hamburg Open Online University ", www.hoou.de - paul.turnerAug 3, 2016 Lots of opportunities exist for higher education to support non-traditional credentialing whatever it is labeled. | Anyone remember Fathom? - dkernohanAug 11, 2016

A Moonshot Approach to Change in Higher Education: Creativity, Innovation, and the Redesign of Academiahttps://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2016/spring/cavagnaro The author makes the case for the need of higher education institutions to equip students with the knowledge of what technology is available to them and the accompanying skills that will allow them to leverage it for more effective and efficient processes. - helgaJul 31, 2016- paul.turnerAug 3, 2016- niki.whitesideOct 5, 2016 Really like the focus on this article! - nacha_sockalingamAug 8, 2016 Wasn't expecting to like this article - did like it. Love the emphasis on problem solving and research skills - dkernohanAug 11, 2016

UNC Press to Offer Publishing Services for Professors’ DIY Textbookshttp://chronicle.com/article/UNC-Press-to-Offer-Publishing/236646/ The University of North Carolina Press will offer copy editing, design layout, distribution, and seed money for professors making open educational resources. - helgaJul 31, 2016- deborah.leeAug 3, 2016- deone.zellAug 5, 2016 OER is great but there has to be an incentive to use it, especially when faculty-authored textbooks don't count toward promotion...so the rise of Presses that could help rasie the prestige would be helpful. | Taking off in the UK and Canada too - love what BC Campus (particularly) are doing in this space and seems like a spreadable model - dkernohanAug 11, 2016 There are hidden costs for institutions wiidely adopting OER to ensure students have access to computers or reliable, high-density wi-fi. You want to make sure you do not transfer the textbook costs to printing cost for the students but the infrastructure to support can be easily overlooked by institutions if all parties are not at the table for discussions .- niki.whitesideOct 5, 2016